Non-communicable Chronic Diseases and the COVID-19 Pandemic
In the last 40 years, humanity has been affected by three major pandemics that have provoked many deaths: the increase in the incidence and prevalence rates of chronic non-communicable diseases, the pandemic of human immunodeficiency virus / AIDS and currently the pandemic by COVID-19. The objective...
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| description | In the last 40 years, humanity has been affected by three major pandemics that have provoked many deaths: the increase in the incidence and prevalence rates of chronic non-communicable diseases, the pandemic of human immunodeficiency virus / AIDS and currently the pandemic by COVID-19. The objective of this article is to publicize the relationship between chronic non-communicable diseases and COVID-19, despite the fact that there are still unknowns about this new disease and the reasons for the high mortality it causes. The repercussion of the pathogenesis of this disease in chronic diseases is analyzed. Mortality is high mainly in patients aged over 60 and with associated chronic non-communicable diseases where it has atypical manifestations and devastating effects. The emergence of this new human infectious disease caused by an unknown pathogen highlights the challenge of emerging infectious diseases and the importance of permanent preparation to deal with them. This environment brings fear, misinformation and many unknowns that remain to be clarified with future research. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ce094cec68cb4f2bb19fe1af7ede97a02025-01-30T21:22:00ZspaUniversidad de las Ciencias Médicas de CienfuegosRevista Finlay2221-24342020-06-011027888450Non-communicable Chronic Diseases and the COVID-19 PandemicMiguel Ángel Serra Valdés0Hospital General Docente Enrique Cabrera. La Habana.In the last 40 years, humanity has been affected by three major pandemics that have provoked many deaths: the increase in the incidence and prevalence rates of chronic non-communicable diseases, the pandemic of human immunodeficiency virus / AIDS and currently the pandemic by COVID-19. The objective of this article is to publicize the relationship between chronic non-communicable diseases and COVID-19, despite the fact that there are still unknowns about this new disease and the reasons for the high mortality it causes. The repercussion of the pathogenesis of this disease in chronic diseases is analyzed. Mortality is high mainly in patients aged over 60 and with associated chronic non-communicable diseases where it has atypical manifestations and devastating effects. The emergence of this new human infectious disease caused by an unknown pathogen highlights the challenge of emerging infectious diseases and the importance of permanent preparation to deal with them. This environment brings fear, misinformation and many unknowns that remain to be clarified with future research.https://revfinlay.sld.cu/index.php/finlay/article/view/846enfermedades no transmisiblesenfermedad crónicainfecciones por coronaviruscoronaviruspandemias |
| spellingShingle | Miguel Ángel Serra Valdés Non-communicable Chronic Diseases and the COVID-19 Pandemic Revista Finlay enfermedades no transmisibles enfermedad crónica infecciones por coronavirus coronavirus pandemias |
| title | Non-communicable Chronic Diseases and the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full | Non-communicable Chronic Diseases and the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Non-communicable Chronic Diseases and the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Non-communicable Chronic Diseases and the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_short | Non-communicable Chronic Diseases and the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_sort | non communicable chronic diseases and the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | enfermedades no transmisibles enfermedad crónica infecciones por coronavirus coronavirus pandemias |
| url | https://revfinlay.sld.cu/index.php/finlay/article/view/846 |
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